ELECTRICAL STATUS EPILEPTICUS IN CHILDHOOD - TREATMENT WITH SHORT CYCLES OF HIGH DOSAGE BENZODIAZEPINE (PRELIMINARY NOTE)

Authors
DENEGRI M BAGLIETTO MG BIANCHERI R
Citation
M. Denegri et al., ELECTRICAL STATUS EPILEPTICUS IN CHILDHOOD - TREATMENT WITH SHORT CYCLES OF HIGH DOSAGE BENZODIAZEPINE (PRELIMINARY NOTE), Brain & development, 15(4), 1993, pp. 311-312
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Brain & development → ACNP
ISSN journal
03877604
Volume
15
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
311 - 312
Database
ISI
SICI code
0387-7604(1993)15:4<311:ESEIC->2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A treatment of electrical status epilepticus during childhood with rel atively high doses of benzodiazepines (BZ) in short cycles (3 weeks) i s proposed for subjects shown to be responsive to BZs (diazepam bolus test: DZP test). This treatment gave positive results in 7 out of 8 pa tients responsive to the DZP test (87%).